Week 13 Football Top 25
November 27, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
LSU |
LSU got past Arkansas and will have to battle Georgia this week in the SEC Championship game. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Alabama | Alabama did not allow Auburn to come back this year. With no championship game, Bama awaits the BCS. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Stanford | Stanford’s defense played great against Notre Dame and now they have to hope for a BCS Bowl berth. |
4 |
| 4 |  |
Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech went into Virginia and shut out the Cavs. Next up is the ACC Championship against Clemson. |
5 |
| 5 |  |
Houston | UH had a tough road game against Tulsa last week. They blew them out. The C-USA Championship game is next. |
6 |
| 6 |  |
Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State got a week off before the big showdown with Oklahoma. The Sooners did not. |
7 |
| 7 |  |
Arkansas | The Razorbacks could not hang with LSU and will now likely not make a BCS bowl game. |
3 |
| 8 |  |
Oregon | The Ducks avoided a let down in the Civil War and should cruise to the Rose Bowl with just UCLA in the way. |
8 |
| 9 |  |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma had a nice tuneup against Iowa State before Bedlam at Oklahoma State on Saturday. |
9 |
| 10 |  |
Michigan State | MSU already knew they were headed to the Big Ten Championship game, but they will have to face UW again. |
10 |
| 11 |  |
Boise State | Boise State got past a decent Wyoming team and host New Mexico before awaiting their bowl game. |
11 |
| 12 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina ended the regular season with a 34-13 win over rival Clemson and now await their bowl destiny. |
14 |
| 13 |  |
Wisconsin | Wisconsin slaughtered Penn State en route to the Big Ten Championship game. Revenge against MSU is up next. |
12 |
| 14 |  |
USC | USC showed everybody why UCLA does not deserve to go to the Pac-12 Championship game on Saturday night. |
16 |
| 15 |  |
Michigan | Michigan finally was able to beat Ohio State and they are looking pretty good for a BCS bid. |
17 |
| 16 |  |
Kansas State | Kansas State will finish off their improbable season by hosting Iowa State. That should add another W to the tally. |
15 |
| 17 |  |
Georgia |
Georgia is heading into the SEC Championship game with some momentum after beating Georgia Tech. |
18 |
| 18 |  |
TCU |
TCU hosts a struggling UNLV squad on the last day of the regular season, but they already won the MWC. |
20 |
| 19 |  |
Nebraska | Nebraska finished off their first season in the Big Ten with a win over Iowa. Where was that defense before? |
23 |
| 20 |  |
Baylor |
Baylor again put up some huge points and they have one more game against Texas before the regular season ends. |
21 |
| 21 |  |
Clemson |
Clemson finished the regular season losing three of their last four, but can make up for it on Saturday against VT. |
13 |
| 22 |  |
West Virginia |
West Virginia won the last Backyard Brawl we may see for a while and now play USF on Thursday with BCS hopes. |
25 |
| 23 |  |
Southern Miss | Southern Miss is the last thing standing between Houston and a perfect regular season. But they have to go to UH. |
NR |
| 24 |  |
BYU | BYU did not play last week, but take a trip to Hawaii this week before heading to the Armed Forces Bowl. |
NR |
| 25 |  |
Penn State |
PSU struggled during the tough stretch of games at the end of the year, but 9-3 is not bad all things considered. |
19 |
